EP0137198B1 - Fast release solid preparation of dihydropyridine a compound and process for preparing it - Google Patents

Fast release solid preparation of dihydropyridine a compound and process for preparing it Download PDF

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EP0137198B1
EP0137198B1 EP84109470A EP84109470A EP0137198B1 EP 0137198 B1 EP0137198 B1 EP 0137198B1 EP 84109470 A EP84109470 A EP 84109470A EP 84109470 A EP84109470 A EP 84109470A EP 0137198 B1 EP0137198 B1 EP 0137198B1
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dihydropyridine
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Kiyoshi Okuda
Renji Aoi
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61KPREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
    • A61K9/00Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form
    • A61K9/20Pills, tablets, discs, rods
    • A61K9/28Dragees; Coated pills or tablets, e.g. with film or compression coating
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61KPREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
    • A61K31/00Medicinal preparations containing organic active ingredients
    • A61K31/33Heterocyclic compounds
    • A61K31/395Heterocyclic compounds having nitrogen as a ring hetero atom, e.g. guanethidine or rifamycins
    • A61K31/435Heterocyclic compounds having nitrogen as a ring hetero atom, e.g. guanethidine or rifamycins having six-membered rings with one nitrogen as the only ring hetero atom
    • A61K31/44Non condensed pyridines; Hydrogenated derivatives thereof
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61KPREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
    • A61K9/00Medicinal preparations characterised by special physical form
    • A61K9/14Particulate form, e.g. powders, Processes for size reducing of pure drugs or the resulting products, Pure drug nanoparticles
    • A61K9/141Intimate drug-carrier mixtures characterised by the carrier, e.g. ordered mixtures, adsorbates, solid solutions, eutectica, co-dried, co-solubilised, co-kneaded, co-milled, co-ground products, co-precipitates, co-evaporates, co-extrudates, co-melts; Drug nanoparticles with adsorbed surface modifiers
    • A61K9/146Intimate drug-carrier mixtures characterised by the carrier, e.g. ordered mixtures, adsorbates, solid solutions, eutectica, co-dried, co-solubilised, co-kneaded, co-milled, co-ground products, co-precipitates, co-evaporates, co-extrudates, co-melts; Drug nanoparticles with adsorbed surface modifiers with organic macromolecular compounds

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  • the present invention relates to the fast release solid preparation comprising dihydropyridine A compound [isopropyl 6-cyano-5-methoxycarbonyl-2-methyl-4-(3-nitrophenyl)-l,4-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylate], which is represented by the following chemical formula:
  • Dihydropyridine A compound shows vasodilating activities such as coronary vasodilating activity or hypotensive activity and hence is useful for the treatment of coronary vascular diseases such as cardiac incompetence, angina pectoris, or myocardial infarction, as well as hypertension.
  • DE-A-3 013 839 discloses a process for the preparation of an activated pharmaceutical composition, which comprises dispersing the drug in water in the presence of a water-soluble polymer and then removing the water; a composition consisting of finely divided particles of the drug coated with the water-soluble polymer is obtained.
  • JP-A-81-68619 discloses a solid preparation containing nifedipine in a mixture with hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose or methyl cellulose.
  • the inventors of the present invention have discovered that said disadvantage could be overcome by dispensing dihydropyridine A compound with hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, a water-soluble polymer, to prepare a solid dispersion composition and completed the present invention.
  • the solid dispersion composition of the present invention can be prepared, by reacting dihydropyridine A compound with hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, for example, by dissolving dihydropyridine A compound in a suitable organic solvent, adding the water-soluble polymer hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, to the resultant solution to prepare a homogeneous suspension, and then evaporating the organic solvent according to the conventional manner.
  • organic solvents to be used in this procedure are not restrictive and any solvent, wherein dihydropyridine A compound can be dissolved, can be used.
  • Suitable examples of said solvent may include chloroform, methylene chloride, acetone, ethyl acetate, or alcohol (e.g. methanol, ethanol, etc.).
  • Hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose is one of the water-soluble polymers and it is used to disperse dihydropyridine A compound to form a solid dispersion composition.
  • the quantity of hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose to be used is not restrictive and any quantity, by which dihydropyridine A compound can be dispersed, can be used; preferably three to seven times as much as dihydropyridine A compound by weight are used.
  • the solid dispersion composition of the present invention prepared by aforesaid procedure can be used by itself as fast release solid preparation and may be converted into various dosage forms such as powders, fine granules, granules, or tablets, according to the conventional manner.
  • coloring agents, sweetening agents, flavouring agents, diluents e.g. sucrose, lactose, starch, crystalline cellulose, low-substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose, synthetic aluminium silicate, or a lubricant (e.g. magnesium stearate, may be dispensed with said solid dispersion composition.
  • the solid dispersion composition and the various preparations of the present invention which are prepared by optionally converting said solid dispersion composition into various dosage forms as mentioned above, have remarkably improved solubility and absorptivity into blood in comparison with bulk dihydropyridine A compound.
  • the solid dispersion composition as prepared above can be used, for example, as a film-coated tablet.
  • Said film-coated tablet can be prepared by coating the aforementioned tablet according to the conventional method, wherein the coating layer may include hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose.
  • the tests were carried out according to the method 2 (paddle method) of the dissolution test in The Pharmacopoeia of Japan (tenth edition) using water as test solution; the dissolution rate after l5 minutes from the beginning of each dissolution test was measured.
  • the amount of tablets equivalent to l0 mg of dihydropyridine A compound [i.e. 5 tablets of Test Sample (l) and l tablet of Test Sample (2)] was orally administered to six beagle dogs (8-l2 kg), which had been withheld from any food overnight in a crossover design.
  • the plasma concentration of dihydropyridine A compound was determined by gas chromatography with ECD at 0.5, l, 2, 4, 6, 8, l0, l2 and 24 hours after administration.
  • the plasma concentration at each time, the maximum plasma concentration (C max) and the area under the plasma concentration time curve (AUC) in each case of Test Sample (l) and Test Sample (2) are shown in the following table.
  • Each value is represented by [the mean value ⁇ standard error] for six beagle dogs.
  • Test Sample (l) was proved to be significantly superior to Test Sample (2).
  • Dihydropyridine A compound (l00 g) was dissolved in anhydrous ethanol (5 l) and then hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose (500 g) was added thereto to prepare a suspension. Then the organic solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure to give a solid dispersion composition.
  • This solid dispersion composition was converted into fine granules by the conventional method.
  • the resultant solid dispersion composition was converted into granules by the conventional method
  • the granules were converted with magnesium stearate (30 g) into tablets by the conventional method, each weight of which was l80 mg.
  • Example 3 Each tablet given in Example 3 was film-coated by the conventional method with a coating layer consisting of hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose (5.l mg), titanium dioxide (l.6 mg), polyethylene glycol-6000 (0.8 mg), talc (0.4 mg) and iron oxide yellow (0.l mg), to give a film-coated tablet containing dihydropyridine A compound.

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